[My brother, O why do you linger?]

Composer: William T. Pettengell

Born: Oc­to­ber 6, 1873, Cur­tis Cor­ner, Leeds, Maine. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 24, 1956, Wau­ke­sha, Wi­scon­sin. Pettengell at­tend­ed Sar­a­to­ga Bib­li­cal Sem­in­a­ry, Sar­a­to­ga Springs, New York. He and his wife moved to Wau­ke­sha, Wis­con­sin in 1906. He was an ac­tive mem­ber of the Me­tro­pol­i­tan Church As­so­ci­a­tion (Burn­ing Bush) for ma­ny years, and preached and sang in Amer­i­ca, Ca­na­da, and Scot­land. Cyber Hymnal Go to person page >